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TIL About Johnny Bower. One of the oldest active NHL players who served in WW2 at 15 years old and played all but one season as a goalie without a mask and bad eyesight

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67Am TIL Saint Philosophus, before he was martyred, was tied to a bed by his persecutors. They then sent in a prostitute, in an attempt to take away his chastity before he died. With no other options, he bit off his tongue and spat it at the prostitute, who was so horrified that she ran from the room.
mxRYR TIL the Honda Ridgeline is the “Most American Truck” with 70% of its parts made domestically in 2019. Many Fords, Chevys, RAMS, and GMCs are assembled in or have major parts made in Mexico
WkyJ8 TIL that the song "Christmas Eve (12/24 Sarajevo)", by the Trans Siberian Orchestra, tells the story of an elderly cellist returning to his war-torn home country. He played Christmas carols in the middle of town while the area was bombed by the Serbs.
XE77r TIL in 1966 aviation legend Howard Hughes overstayed his penthouse suite reservation at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas and upon management asking him to vacate, he purchased the entire hotel and continued living/working in the suite for 4 years while establishing himself as a real estate tycoon
b6Pe4 TIL in 1902, one day after being jailed for a fight, a man named Ludger Sylbaris survived for four days while the pyroclastic flow from Mt. Pelée killed 30,000. His jail cell was a former ammunition storehouse with thick walls and no windows apart from one ventilation shaft.